Progress with iMovie

Over the last few months since we began our Location Photography and Narrative Image Making units, I have been randomly filming people in and around our class. I had no idea what I would use these short clips for in the beginning, but after getting to grips with iMovie I discovered a whole number of possibilities regarding editing.

My first initial attempt at a short movie was put the music of Pink Floyd and their song 'Us and Them' I realised an immediate connection with the lyrics and the people in the clips I had recorded.
With no plan or any idea what was my beginning, middle and end I just began sifting through the material I had recorded.

Listening to the lyrics closely I tried to arrange certain clips that may look or sound relative to the words being sang and sort of worked from there.

Below is a link to the video!

Learning a lot from this experience with iMovie I discovered the amount of layering that was possible in the editing process.

I had another look at all of my clips and decided to have another shot. Last night I spent 2 hours finishing off another movie with some of the same clips as my first. I found a lot of sound clips and transitions within iMovie I wanted to use, but this meant straying from the dramatic atmosphere I was wanting to create! So I decided not to take it too seriously and start playing around more!

This is what I came up with!

The Truth Booth

I discovered an interactive, travelling exhibition named 'The Truth Booth' whilst reading about Art Basel in the Guardian. The annual art fair is held in Miami Beach and it's 13th year kicked off on the 3rd of December. I followed live updates from the US Guardians' two art critics - Jason Fargo and Alex Needham. They had access to all of the exhibits dotted around Miami Beach and had the opportunity to speak briefly to artists whose work was on display. Art Basel is comprised primarily of modern and contemporary art, boasting interactive installations varying from sleeping experiments to make-shift walls where visitors are encouraged to contribute their own creative mark (below)

The Truth Booth is an intimate exploration into everyday peoples take on 'the truth'. The exterior is a cartoon speech bubble that invites exhibit go-ers inside where they sit down, fit a microphone and express themselves. 

Their image is captured via video recording along with their account of 'the truth' and compiled for their website - http://www.insearchofthetruth.net/wp-insearchofthetruth/the-artists/

The whole concept of this travelling exhibit had my complete attention as soon as I discovered it. I love the idea of allowing people to interact with art exhibits. Instillations are something I would like to pursue within my own work and it's finding out about things like the Truth Booth that encourage me to explore my own ideas further.

Here is a short video I found on YouTube documenting the Miami Beach art fair - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWbjTLffSys

What struck me was, that even though Art Basel is over a couple of days, the amount of art pieces even in this 5 minute video is quite a lot. Events like Art Basel fuel my desire to visit such places, but I can't help but feel I wouldn't have enough time to experience them all in the short space of time they are there.

Either way I'm loving reading about all the contributors and their work. Plus the whole thing has given me bits of inspiration as to how my own future projects may go!